Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese home, a child holds one hand close to their face with the four fingers loosely curled and the thumb extended sideways. A grandparent has slipped a tiny knitted cap over the thumb's tip, turning that single digit into a comically stout little figure.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

親おや指ゆび

oyayubi

thumb

Example sentences

  1. その手袋てぶくろは親指おやゆびに穴あながあいている。

    The glove has a hole in the thumb.

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  2. 針はりで親指おやゆびを突ついてしまった。

    I pricked my thumb with a needle.

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  3. 親指おやゆびの爪つめをはがしてしまいました。

    I had my thumbnail torn off.

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Kanji in 親指

  • 親parent; intimacyOnシンKunおや・おや-・したしい
  • 指finger; pointOnシKunゆび・さす

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